Early last week one of the organizers of many local protest rallies emailed me asking if I was going to the No Kings event in Peterborough on Saturday. I replied ‘of course’! She emailed back asking if I was going to bring my camera. I replied ‘of course’!
Being the over achiever that I am, I showed up with two cameras. One with a 24-70 mm lens and one with a 70-200 mm lens.
Soon after I arrived at the Town House, I ran into one of the reporters (who I had not met before) for the Ledger-Transcript, our local paper. He was taking photos with his cell phone. I introduced myself and offered to send him photos. He accepted my offer and as we parted ways he commented, “I guess that I should get a better camera”! Such is the state of photojournalism these days… ugh.
While Joan marched and displayed her sign, I roamed the side walks making photos. I made about 250 exposures in roughly two hours. I processed about 60 frames and sent them to the organizers and to the Ledger-Transcript (we’ll see if any make tomorrow’s paper).
For, for your edification, here are eight of those sixty…
Great captures – clever signage!! I wimped out and stayed put even though there were many protests within 30 minutes from here. Probably just what the photo doctor ordered to get you up and out!